AN ARITA MODEL OF A HOUND EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY |

the seated model with one raised paw, decorated in iron red, brown, black enamels and gilt with a collar and bell around his neck

The Dutch, van Loon family, shareholders of the Dutch East India company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie)

The left ear when facing the puppy from the front has been restored, as well as the very tip of the tail.
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For a similar pair of hounds in the Somlyo Collection see Mark Hinton, Kuniko Matsui and Anastasia von Seibold, Courtly Display, The Somlyo Collection of Japanese Ceramics (London, 2015), pl.24 p.58